JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The State of Alaska deployed an interagency damage assessment team of borough and state officials to the Alaska Peninsula Monday following the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that occurred July 28. The damage assessment team visited Perryville, Chignik Lagoon, and Chignik Bay to assess the impacts of quake and to meet with […]
OVERVIEW – 307 new cases | 2 deaths | 99 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 52.5% of Alaskans 12+ vaccinated TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to reopen our economy. Learn more about the CDC’s recommendations for fully vaccinated […]
The Anchorage Police Department has received information that scammers are calling citizens claiming to be Anchorage Police Officers. The names the scammers are providing are names of real APD officers. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be a police officer remember: Law enforcement will NEVER ask for any form of payment. If […]
Washington — Tuesday, the Biden administration, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and the U.S. Department of the Interior announced via Notice of Intent in the Federal Register plans to begin a new environmental review of oil and gas development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting […]